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Food for thought: Understanding market development in the community business sector

Repository entry 1 February 2020

This paper highlights key questions on the nature of market development in relation to community business: what it is, what it entails, and how success might be measured. It is drawn from interviews conducted with members of the Power to Change market development team and other stakeholders during September and early October 2019. The paper pri…

Premiere: ‘Hear our stories’

News 23 January 2020

The Young Foundation rounds off 2019 with a screening at Canada Water Theatre. This celebratory evening premiered films created by four local charities through participatory video training, funded by the Postcode Lottery.

Developing potential lessons from community experiences of regeneration

Repository entry 1 January 2020

This report was commissioned by Local Trust to provide a resource for communities experiencing regeneration initiatives. It aims to bring together case studies and practical guidance to help ensure that communities are effectively involved in the regeneration process, to the benefit of both local residents and those designing and delivering fut…

The community asset transfer of libraries: Considerations in community managed libraries taking a lease.

Repository entry 1 January 2020

Since April 2011, at least 576 libraries have been transferred to being run entirely by volunteers for some of the time. This report by Sheffield University Management School and Newcastle Business School examines the community asset transfer process whereby library services are taken into community ownership and the impact on libraries’ long…

The community hub handbook: How to run a successful hub and make your neighbourhood thrive

Repository entry 1 January 2020

# Preview | Download G-2020-01-The community hub handbook.pdf3MB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2020) The community hub handbook: How to run a successful hub and make your neighbourhood thrive. Practice Guide. Power to Change. Details Report type: Practice Guide Publisher: Power

Supporting analysis of the Community Business Market Report 2019

Repository entry 1 December 2019

This technical appendix supports Power to Change’s 2019 report on the community business market. It provides more information on the technical details of estimating market size for individual sub-sectors, and for the market overall. There are two appendices and a bibliography in this document. – Appendix A covers the survey and qualitative …

The Community Business Market in 2019

Repository entry 1 December 2019

This is Power to Change’s fifth annual report on the community business market in England. It uses a refined methodology and the most accurate data to describe the structure, size and shape of the community business market in 2019 and consider the outlook for the year ahead.

The Community Business Market in 2019 – Research Summary

Repository entry 1 December 2019

# Preview | Download RI-24S-The Community Business Market in 2019.pdf229kB Author(s) John Higton Rachael Archer Rebecca Steer Irshad Mulla Amelia Hicklin Citation Higton, J., Archer, R., Steer, R., Mulla, I. and Hicklin, A. (2019) The Community Business Market in 2019

The success guide to delivering services from a community space

Repository entry 1 December 2019

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Looking local

Blog 29 November 2019

ICS research sheds a new light on communities’ agenda for this general election In a general election dominated by big national issues, our new research looks at what matters to people in Britain: community. Over the last three months we’ve

Flipping the coin: two sides of community wealth in England

Publication 15 November 2019

The inequalities in investment across England and the rest of the UK has come under increasing scrutiny in recent years – especially when considered through the lens of multiple deprivation. Since the EU referendum in 2016, more political and media

Common good land use in England: State of the sector report 2019

Repository entry 1 November 2019

# Preview | Download ORC-2019-11-Common good land use in England.pdf4MB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2019) Common good land use in England: State of the sector report 2019. Research Report. Shared Assets. Details Report type: Research Report Publisher: Shared Assets Location: